The two families had a very pleasant conversation, and everyone enjoyed the meal.
Finally, Chen's mother meaningfully instructed Lin Chen to take good care of Chen Yue when he went to Shanghai. Chen Yue replied shyly, "Mom, the results haven't come out yet."
On the way home, Lin's mother casually asked Lin Chen, "Son, you and Shen Yue aren't dating, are you?"
Without a second's hesitation, Lin Chen immediately said, "Mom, how can you ruin someone's reputation out of thin air? What is dating? Even a dog wouldn't date. I just want to study hard and focus on making money after graduation."
Old Lin coughed and said, "No need for that. It's normal for young people to date. Just make sure they keep things in line."
My mother nodded in agreement, saying, "Yes, I don't object to you dating, I just don't want you to bring me a grandson before you even graduate from university."
Lin Chen was surprised. "Mom, this isn't your line. Shouldn't you be criticizing me sternly and then rewarding me with two feather dusters when we get home? Has your opinion changed because I saved Old Lin once?"
That's right, that's exactly it. In her previous life, because of what happened to Lao Lin, Lin's mother only wanted her son to take the civil service exam, believing that only by passing the exam would he not be bullied. So she never allowed Lin Chen to date. In this life, Lao Lin didn't get into trouble. Instead, he turned misfortune into a blessing and got a promotion and a raise. Naturally, Lin's mother's thoughts were the same as most ordinary parents.
After returning home, Lin's mother went to wash up, and Lin Chen leaned close to Old Lin and whispered, "Old Lin, can you give me some money?"
"How much do you need? Is one hundred enough?"
"One hundred is too little, let's make it one thousand."
"You brat, what are you thinking? Your dad hands over his entire salary every month. Do you even have that much money?"
"Old Lin, I think I heard something about a foot massage parlor in the last recording."
"You're ruthless. Here, take it, but be careful with your money. If your mother asks, you'll have to figure out how to cover it up." Old Lin took out his wallet and pulled all the money out of the hidden compartment.
After washing up, Lin's mother came out with a face mask on: "Son, where are you planning to go for summer vacation?"
Lin Chen stood up and patted his chest: "I, Lin Chen, am going to make money this summer!"
Old Lin and his mother were both taken aback. Then Old Lin showed an admiring expression and said, "It has to be you, you brat."
That night, Lin Chen lay in bed, pondering his grand plan to make a fortune. His initial investment had already grown to 1,150 yuan. Excellent! This handsome guy made a full thousand yuan on his first day of making money. Truly remarkable.
Lin Chen got up, turned on his computer, logged into QQ, and saw his unconventional profile picture and signature. He exclaimed that they were an eyesore and quickly changed them.
Beep beep beep... QQ sent a message notification sound. Lin Chen glanced at it and saw it was from Shen Yue.
"Lin Chen, where are you planning to go for summer vacation?"
"I'm not going out; I need to earn money during the summer vacation."
"Oh? Do you need money?"
"Yes, because you kept giving me flirty looks during dinner, my mom misunderstood. She said I'm still too young and shouldn't date. She gave me two choices: either I delete your contact information or I have to earn my own college tuition over the summer."
Lin Chen made up a bunch of nonsense, and it seemed that Shen Yue actually believed him.
"But we're not dating, so... which one did you choose?"
"Isn't it obvious? You can tell by the fact that we're still chatting now, so I'm going to work hard to earn money this summer."
"Lin Chen, you're so kind! [crying loudly] [crying loudly]"
"It's okay. I need to prove to my mom that our relationship is purely platonic, that our friendship will last forever, and that it will never change."
Shen Yue couldn't stop laughing as she read Lin Chen's straight-man-like remarks.
"Hehehe..."
At this moment, a news article popped up in the lower right corner of the computer: "World of Warcraft Chinese Server Officially Shut Down".
Upon seeing this news, Lin Chen also recalled this very famous incident in the online gaming industry. World of Warcraft was initially distributed in China by The9, but The9 was on the verge of bankruptcy due to poor management and had no money to renew the contract. So Blizzard sold the distribution rights to NetEase.
In April, Blizzard announced that NetEase would become the new distributor. After the handover between The9 and NetEase, NetEase announced at the end of May that the servers would be shut down on June 7 and that they would be reopened on June 23. However, the servers were not actually reopened until July 30.
Next, Lin Chen opened Wang Pangzi's QQ.
"Fatty, what are your plans for summer vacation?"
"I don't know. I was planning to play World of Warcraft, but I haven't logged in for a month and found out that the game has shut down. Who can I complain to?"
"I'll take you to make money, do you want to come?"
"Really, Brother Chen? If this is such a good thing, I'll definitely go. It's a good opportunity to earn some money for game cards during the server downtime."
"Okay, see you at the school gate tomorrow morning."
After ending his chat with the fat man, Lin Chen opened his computer browser and found a VPN software that he had used most often in his previous life, but this software was paid.
"I wonder if that key generator is still available?" Lin Chen found a sharing post on a niche forum based on his memory and downloaded an activation code key generator from it.
In his previous life, Lin Chen searched for a long time during his university years before finally finding a working circumvention software registration tool, thus beginning his path of getting things for free. However, not long after, the forum became a 404 error, presumably due to its inability to continue operating and its subsequent closure.
That's right, the way Lin Chen thought of to make money was to sell circumvention software in internet cafes. If the Chinese version of World of Warcraft couldn't be played, then there was always the American version. For someone like Fatty, who had just graduated and was about to enter university, there wasn't much equipment or level to begin with, so changing accounts wouldn't have any impact.
Moreover, Fatty Wang has a cousin who owns an internet cafe, so having an acquaintance makes things easier.
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